Hanger for electric fixtures



' Jan. 11, 1955 A. o. MONSON 2,699,311

HANGER FOR ELECTRIC FIXTURES Filed Aug. 50, 1952 INVENTOR ABRAHAM QWZ/I/ MO/VSO/l/ B 7422 Patented Jan. 11, 1955 spaced from the mark 18 at distances equal to the additional depth of the boxes to which they correspond.

The fitting 7 is a nipple with exterior threads 20 to 2,699,311 rieceige2 a ram 21, and has two opposed cilrcurnfergentigl s ots an 23 of suflicient size to receive t e arm sli HANGER FOR ELECTRIC FIXTURES ably. The nipple 7 is intended to be inserted through Abraham Owen Manson, Long Beach, Calif. one of the usual wall holes of an outlet box (not shown) Application August 30 1952 serial 307,237 side of the box v vall to clamp the box to the arm 8 at 1 Cl i (0], 248 216) has interior threads 24 to receive a threaded lug or stud with which some types of box are provided.

The method of installing the hanger upon a structural This invention relates to a hanger or support for fix- 26 of the member 25 and at a distance inwardly from the tures such as outlet and junction boxes in installations of face 26 correlated to the SIZe of the hoX Which the hanger ele tri wirmg, is to support, will now be described. If it be supposed An object of the invention is to provide a hanger which that h ht nlelnhet 25 In g- 2 1S a eelhng lolst does not have to be bridged between two supporting struct0 Whleh a Ceillng outlet 15 to be attached, the face 26 tural members but which may be securely fastened to a will be the bottom edge of the joist and the face 27 will single wall-stud, floor or ceiling joist or similar part of he Veftleal n of the l e hanger 18 held t the building or like structure. the flat outer s1de of the arm 8 aga nst the face 27, with A further object of the invention is to provide a hanger the p 9 extending p y, and 1s advanced p y which may be accurately placed in position to support uhtll the PP oP gauge mark, y the mark 18 fer a an outlet or junction box in definite, predetermined reshal ow S at the face U-ehd ofthe hanger lationship to a wall, floor or ceiling surface. 18 then swung upwardly, p sp h rp ml Still another object is to provide means for securing t e arm 3 1S hoIlZohtal, and the Polflt is driven o h an outlet or junction box to a supporting hanger which 101st up to the Shoulder 10 y hamnleflng on the hlght 31 used therewith, so as to be adapted to a variety of types 30 transmit the full force of a blow on the blght 31 t0 e of great simplicity and low cost of manufacture and of 35 against the face and y be secured thereto y a like simplicity and low cost f i t ll ti nail 15 driven through the hole 14. The alignment of e accompanying drawing, illustrative of a presently h bearing face T3 of the ear 12 with the shoulder 10, preferred embodiment of my invention. assures hofllontehty of arm Fig, 1 i a perspective i The method of attachlnga hanger to a wall-stud 28 will Fig. 2 shows the hanger attached to a structural memhe obylous from the foregolhg, the faee 29 f e member ber, such as a ceiling joist; 28 being the outer edge of the stud. As shown in Fig. 4,

Fig. 3 1s a sectional exploded view of the means for a hoX wonlft he Seemed to the pp 7 y Its PP attaching a box to the hanger, on the line of section 3-3 lower Wall Instead of Its rear Wall- To SeePIe a box y of Fig, 2; and the rear wall, the hanger would be held against the Wall- Fi 4 i e ti l i f th hanger on th 4 4 stud 28 with the flat side of the arm 8 against the side of Fig. 2 but showing the hanger attached to a structural face of the Studmember h as a lld, To nstall the hanger for boxes of greater depths than Having reference now to the details of the drawing, the mlmmqm, the gauge a 16 or 17 18 used, as y my hanger comprises a strap 6, of steel or other suitable he l 'p p o e 130K SIZematerial bent in U-form to have two parallel arms, formontlet'or Junetlon hoX e n he Placed on the inganarrow and short channel. The arms may be spaced PP 7 until after the hanger ls lllstalled- When he only far enough apart to permit a fitting 7 to be moved box has been Platted nPo11 the ph er the PP 1S moved of the Width of the strap 6 so as to leave a shoulder 10. ll through whleh the pp extends s h arm 8, The other arm 11 terminates in an ear 12, bent outwardly and thus elalnplng the pp 111 fiXed posltloll 13 1 th away, from the arm 8 at a right angle so as to have that If the boX has a Stud to he engaged 1n the mterler face 13 of the car 12 nearest the point 9 in alignment t e 24, t Stud y reach the P r lon 0f the arm 8 i h h h ld 10, w thin the nipple 7 and clamp the nipple to the arm, but The point 9 extends sufficiently beyond the plane of th a sh t d the m y not occur, and It y be th f 13 t t as a h ldin spike h d i i difficult to get at the nut 21 between the arm 8 and the building material to the shoulder 10. The ea 12 h a back wall of the box. Therefore the exterlor threads 20 hole 14 to receive a nail 15 or other suitable fastening. Preferably extend to both ends of the PP 7 d the Th arm 3 h a series of gauge marks 15, 17, 13 d slots 22 and 23 are spaced from each end of the nipple so forth, spaced at intervals measured from the point 9, to leave whole threads at each end. Thus when a box These marks may of course be calibrations in linear Wlth a Short Stud 18 Seemed y the e r hreads 24 measure, such as inches, but as the sizes and shapes of h nut 21 m y he pl c d 011 the threaded end of the outlet boxes now generally conform to underwriters PP between the arms 8 and 11 and W111 ql Well standards which specify boxes of three definite depths, clamp the nipple to the arm 8. the gauge marks may conveniently be spaced from the 7 I elalmi point 9 at distances correlated to the box depths. That A h h eleetfle fixtures OmPrIsmg; two parallel is, when the hanger is installed as hereinafter described arms lo at one end to Proylde a strlklng Point adapted with the arm 8 at a gauged distance from the outer face to l'eoelve a hatnnlef blow; an ettaehlng eat on he Other of a stud or joist and parallel to that face, a box correend of one of field arms at t right angle to both f Said lated in depth to the particular gauged distance will be arms and o the side of send one arm pp e to the made for finishing surface material. The mark 18, said other arm beginning at said shoulder and in lengthnearest the point 9, is spaced from the point 9 at a diswise extension of said other arm; means for locating said tance equal to the depth of the shallowest box, less an alother arm at vary1ng fixed d stances from the face of a lowance for wall finish, and the marks 17 and 16 are wall comprlsmg gauge markings on said other arm de- 1,135,699 Knauber Apr. 13, 1915 4 Barnett Mar. 22, 1932 Kees Jan. 27, 1942 Austin Oct. 20, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Mar. 19, 1930 

